Publications by authors named "Laura Toledo-Bravo de Laguna"

Pathogenic variants in HMGCR were recently linked to a limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) phenotype. The protein product HMG CoA reductase (HMGCR) catalyzes a key component of the cholesterol synthesis pathway. The two other muscle diseases associated with HMGCR, statin-associated myopathy (SAM) and autoimmune anti-HMGCR myopathy, are not inherited in a Mendelian pattern.

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Pathogenic variants in were recently linked to a limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) phenotype. The protein product HMG CoA reductase (HMGCR) catalyzes a key component of the cholesterol synthesis pathway. The two other muscle diseases associated with HMGCR, statin-associated myopathy (SAM) and autoimmune anti-HMGCR myopathy, are not inherited in a Mendelian pattern.

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Article Synopsis
  • Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophies (DMD and BMD) are genetic disorders affecting muscle strength due to a lack of dystrophin, also linked to higher rates of epilepsy and central nervous system issues.
  • A review of 416 individuals with dystrophinopathies found a lifetime epilepsy prevalence of 1.4%, lower than previous studies, with no significant differences between DMD and BMD or their genotypes, and cognitive impairment was not linked to higher epilepsy rates.
  • The research suggests that the actual prevalence of epilepsy in these conditions may be significantly lower than previously thought, which may have important implications for the medical care of affected individuals, especially those with concurrent epilepsy.
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Introduction: Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a set of neurodegenerative clinical features characterised by a progressive loss of strength in the lower limbs together with spasticity. It is the result of an axonal lesion in the corticospinal tracts. Type 1, known as SPG1, is the most common form of X-linked HSP.

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Introduction: Pallister-Killian syndrome is characterised by intellectual disability, hypotonia, motor disability and a characteristic phenotype in which notable features include a rugged-looking face, alterations affecting the pigmentation of the skin and bitemporal alopecia. It is often associated with seizures and malformations in other organs and systems. The main cause is mosaicism for tetrasomy of chromosome 12p.

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Introduction: Familial hemiplegic migraine is a rare subtype of migraine with aura that includes, as it progresses, a motor defect together with visual or sensory symptoms or speech disorders. It may be associated to symptoms such as basilar migraine, coma and convulsions. Familial hemiplegic migraine type 2 accounts for 25% of them.

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